Leaders from the G-20, the group of the 19 biggest economies in the world plus the European Union, met in Buenos Aires for the annual summit. The ending statement stressed the support for the Paris Agreement on fighting climate change – even though the United States withdrew from the accord.

The communique also called for reforming the World Trade Organization.

But all eyes were on the meeting between Chinese President Xi Jinping and U. S. President Donald Trump and the trade war. President Trump agreed to hold off on new tariffs and President Xi pledged to increase Chinese purchases of American products.

CGTN’s Joel Richards was following the G-20 summit and has the details from Buenos Aires.

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